7-4.2 | VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES IN THE RHEIN-MAIN AREA

This project group is studying the effects of climate on ticks and tick-borne pathogens on a local scale in the city of Frankfurt and the greater Rhein-Main area. The research will yield valuable baseline data on tick population parameters that are needed for subsequent analyses of the environmental factors determining tick abundance. Additional research projects on medically relevant arthropods in the Rhein-Main area include studies about the diversity and abundance of the local mosquitoes as well as on the relationship between climate and the population dynamics of muscid flies, an important group of urban pests.